Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1912 — EXPECTED TO LAND PENNANT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EXPECTED TO LAND PENNANT

New York Giants Will Romp Away With Flag If Expectations of Fans Are Realized.

From the start the New York Giants have obtained, many followers of the national game are predicting that McGraw’s team will romp away with the National league pennant again this year. From their work so far In the 1912 season, the Giants have evidently begun just where they left off in the league last year, and, even though they have played the majority of their games on the road. Including one western trip, they have found It easy to win practically three out of every four games played. It has been a combination of good pitching, hard hitting and daring base running on the part of the New York team. Marquard is proving the sensation of the year, while Mathewson

is the same old Matty. Then, too, Ames is showing good form, while Tesreau, a giant spitball twirler, is making good. Rube Marquard was a forlorn hope last April Yet be won 2» games and lost but 6. And the other day be confessed that he expected to blow himself to over 30 victories this season—and 30 victories are a few more than any slabman fix>m either circuit peeled off in 1911. ~ As the Rube pulldd 22 out of his 24 victories after mid-June, an April start with the same line of merchandise should boost him well over the classic border, which but few slabmen reach In a lifetime of pitching.

Rube Marquard.